NEW DELHI, April 18 (Xinhua) -- An Indian expert said the COVID-19 pandemic will reshape multiple sectors, including global geopolitics, and exert long-running influences on the world.
In a recent interview with Xinhua, Swaran Singh, professor at the School of International Studies of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, said state sovereignty has been reinforced in the short run.
With states sealing borders, invoking emergency legislations, and taking over private sectors, they are becoming far too overbearing and intrusive, while a stronger sense of shared destiny of humankind has also been unleashed, Singh said.
Once the pandemic is over, Singh believes countries will emerge stronger and promote far more deep-rooted and widespread connectivity and individual initiatives.
"This may not fundamentally change equations of major nations but will surely encourage better fine-tuning of mutual differences," said Singh, who is also chairman of JNU's Centre of International Politics, Organization and Disarmament.
He said major human tragedies -- wars, natural or manmade disasters, and pandemics -- have invariably encouraged outside-the-box thinking to redress challenges.
The post-COVID-19 international order will see technology-intensive connectivity, extensive summit diplomacy and strengthened global value chains, he said.
The COVID-19 crisis is also an opportunity for China and the United States to redress and reduce areas of conflict by building a relationship of mutual security and mutual benefit, the professor added. Enditem
